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Intelligent restaurant booking

We know booking from the inside, and have used that experience to build the system we were missing.

Developed in Oslo, close to the day-to-day running of restaurants with full houses.

Customer storyRodeo gets more guests with Ninetop

Customer story · Rodeo

Rodeo gets more guests with Ninetop

«In just a few weeks we have filled more tables and got a team that is far better informed. As the first customer, we are simply very impressed.»

Severin Gresvig

General manager & co-founder, Rodeo

Severin Gresvig
Restaurant
Bistro with set menu and à la carte
Wood-fired oven and grill · opened in 2026
Location
Grünerløkka
Oslo
Capacity
About 70 guests
Plus a private room and outdoor seating

A new bistro on Grünerløkka, growing fast

Rodeo opened on Grünerløkka in 2026, started by the partners Petter Rolund Antonsen, Stian Eriksen and Severin Gresvig. The restaurant is a modern European bistro where local produce is cooked on a wood-fired oven and grill, or «bar and grill», as they call it themselves. So far it has been well received by guests and critics alike. Rodeo wants to think differently and challenge familiar norms, and that also goes for its choice of systems and partners. «We want to work with people who think like us», says Severin.

The team at Rodeo gathered around the wine table before service

Severin on three areas where Ninetop stands out

  • More guests at the same tables

    Ninetop has given us more flexibility and more tools to reach the full potential of the restaurant. It is about giving guests as many ways as possible to get a table, without it affecting service. We especially enjoy the table allocation and the waitlist: the floor plan is used better, and tables that are cancelled get filled again. We used to feel tied to fixed limits. Now the system adapts to us.

  • A better-informed team that gives better service

    The booking system is the hub of a modern restaurant. It has to collect the right information and pass it on effectively to both the kitchen and the floor. The dashboards in Ninetop give us the insight we need before and during service, and everything has become much clearer. The kitchen has far better insight into bookings, allergens and dietary needs. At the same time we build up our own guest data for every visit, in practice a CRM, so we know our guests better the next time they come. Together, that makes us better at what the job is really about: being good hosts.

  • A (real) partner that develops at our pace

    Eivind and the team know our challenges well, and I see them more as sparring partners than as a supplier. The combination of understanding the needs and actually being able to do something about them is pure magic. The solution is developed further as needs arise, and it takes little time from idea to finished feature. We are still at an early stage, but I have great faith in what is on the roadmap.

Chefs at work in Rodeo's open kitchen, by the wood-fired oven and grill

Why Rodeo chose Ninetop

Severin has a background in technology, with seven years at Google in New York and experience from Norwegian start-ups, but less time in the restaurant industry.

«I quickly realised how critical a good booking system is for revenue, and for us to reach our full potential. With bigger providers I got the feeling that development moved more slowly, and we became a small fish in a big pond. When a single feature can decide whether you lose several hundred thousand kroner in revenue in a year, having a booking system that solves problems quickly becomes essential.»

«When I started talking to Eivind about Ninetop, I quickly understood that we thought alike, and that he understood our needs. What convinced me was how obsessed he is with solving the booking puzzle properly, combined with his experience as a waiter, host, head of bookings and general manager, and a solid understanding of technology. He has an overall picture few others have, and in a short time he has shown that both he and Ninetop deliver what they promise.»

«The onboarding has also been excellent. We have gained a sparring partner and strategist who dares to challenge us and find solutions, rather than a provider who sets up the system and wishes you good luck. To a large extent it feels as if we have got a booking system built around our needs. Had something similar existed when we were looking, we would have chosen it. It didn't. Now it does.»

Petter Rolund Antonsen
«Finally a booking system that doesn't forget the kitchen. Now reservations and allergies are clearly laid out for the whole team, so we can easily plan prep and staffing»

Petter Rolund Antonsen

Head chef, Rodeo

Who should choose Ninetop?

«I recommend Ninetop to restaurants that want to use their booking system actively to run better, and that want a provider who listens, challenges and delivers quickly. For us it has meant more guests, better overview and better service, and we have only just begun.»

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More guests

  • Smart table allocation

    Ninetop finds room where others say no

  • Automated waitlist

    Cancelled tables fill themselves

  • Don't miss out on walk-ins

    Let the system make room

Smart table allocation

More ways to fill the tables

More guests

More ways to fill the tables

We want to fill your restaurant, your way

  • We see booking setup as a craft

    Ninetop is built on years of experience from management and booking in busy Oslo restaurants. Rolled out at Rodeo, autumn 2026

  • New booking technology that is simple to use and easy to understand

    With us you get more control, whether you want to run strict seatings or fill more tables

  • We set it up the way you want to run things

    We know booking and analytics, while you know your restaurant best

More bookings on the same floor plan

  • Ninetop makes sure the floor plan is always optimised

    The puzzle solves itself in the background

  • We find room for more

    More guests, higher revenue. From both online bookings and walk-ins

  • No surprises during service

    Reservations can be locked to a table, and before service the plan is frozen into a flow tailored to the service

Smart table allocation

Walk-ins

Full overview of free capacity

  • Let the system make room for more guests

    Ninetop can simulate every possible floor plan, and make room for the guests at the door

  • Simple overview, more control

    No free table goes unnoticed, by you or your team

  • No mental maths

    You see what is free, and for how long

The waitlist that actually fills tables

  • Cancellation? No need to call around

    Ninetop sends out the SMS, so the table does not stay empty

  • The most attractive reservation, where it fits best

    The puzzle, priority rules and guest data work together

  • The table goes to guests who show up

    The guest confirms the reservation themselves, so you know the table will be used

Automated waitlist

An offer of a shorter stay

The booking portal on a phone: 19:00 is marked with a slightly shorter stay of 1 hour 30 min, and a card offers the table until 20:30 instead of saying it is full

A little less time, instead of no time

  • A very popular time slot?

    When the standard seating time is fully booked, Ninetop can offer the same time with a slightly shorter stay

  • An hour and a half is better than none

    The guest sees a table, not a no

  • You decide when it can be offered and to whom

    Only the gaps get filled

The right seating time for the guest, more guests for you

  • Guests often have plans

    Some have a show to catch, others have a half-hour lunch break

  • Let the guest tell you

    Every time someone picks a shorter stay, it opens up room for more guests

  • You know your limits

    The options offered depend on party size, menu choice, time and more

Guest-chosen seating time

The booking portal: the guest has picked 18:00 and chooses how much time they have tonight, from 3 hours down to 1 hour 30 min. 1 hour 30 min, until 19:30, is selected

Better service

  • A floor plan tailored to service

    The pressure is spread evenly across the waiter sections

  • Tags

    Know the guest before the table is set

  • A guest profile that builds itself

    Built from every booking and ready for the next visit

A floor plan tailored to service

More ways to elevate the service

Better service

More ways to elevate the service

Service mode

The pressure is spread evenly before the doors open

  • No waiter in the weeds while the neighbouring section sits empty

    Ninetop spreads the load evenly before service

  • The restaurant fills up in the right order

    Fill the best tables first

  • A finished setup in one click

    The whole floor rearranged automatically, the way you want it

Know the guest before the table is set

  • No booking comment goes unnoticed

    AI reads the booking comment and finds the right tag

    WheelchairBirthdayHigh chair

  • Get to know the guest, without research or memorising

    Guests can be marked for tailored service on their next visit

    Big spenderFood criticAlcohol-free

  • Automatic tags, the way you want them

    Ninetop sets tags that help service and staffing

    Large partyFirst visitRegular

Tags

The time view with two reservations lifted out of the list, showing the tags they carry

Dashboard

The dashboard on a laptop and on a phone, two screens floating in glass frames

Less time preparing.
More attention at the tables

  • Automatic briefing with everything in one place

    All staff, always up to date

  • You decide what the team needs to know

    Large parties, allergies, occasions, table requests or special needs

  • We tailor it to your service

    Set up together, for the kitchen and the floor

Built from every booking and ready for the next visit

  • The third visit feels like the third visit

    Tags and notes follow the guest, and are visible on the next visit

  • No guest is new twice

    Visit count and reservation history that never get overlooked

A guest profile that builds itself

Astrid's guest profile on her third visit: visit count, average party size and last visit, guest tags such as Big spender, Food critic and Alcohol-free, and a note from her engagement dinner in June. Her reservation history is lifted out in front, with a column of tag buttons for each visit

Less manual work

  • Fewer emails

    Changes take care of themselves

  • Kitchen overview

    A simple, automated overview of allergies and dietary requirements

  • AI comment scanning

    Internal and external comments sorted and highlighted

Small changes take care of themselves

More ways to save time

Less manual work

More ways to save time

Info that sorts itself

  • No more time spent looking for important info

    Ninetop sorts the information and presents it where you want it

  • Unusual booking data that can't be sorted?

    The comment is highlighted and brought to the fore

  • Communication takes care of itself

    To the kitchen and to the floor

AI comment scan

Allergy overview

The dietary overview on a phone: one card per day where each diet and allergy is counted, with variants such as traces OK indented underneath, and Friday lifted out

Automatic structure in the kitchen

  • Know the guest's allergies

    Guests are asked about allergies and dietary requirements when they book a table

  • Follow-up questions tailored to the kitchen

    Not all allergy sufferers are alike, and we sort them into groups

  • Info straight to the kitchen

    On an iPad, laptop or phone

Small changes take care of themselves

  • Fewer emails about changes

    Guests get a link and can reschedule or cancel on their own

  • We put the link in the confirmation email and on your website

    Fewer small requests give you more time to work on the big ones

  • The guest cancels? The waitlist starts

    You decide how much control the guest gets

Self-service

Email + AI

Under development

No copying between inbox and booking system

The biggest bookings come in writing. Ninetop reads the inbox, picks out the date, party size and requests, and puts a finished booking in front of you.

Coming in 2026, along with much more.

About usThe people behind NinetopEivind knows restaurants, Per knows technology. Read why we built Ninetop, and what it is like to be our customer.Read about us

About us

Why we built Ninetop

We built Ninetop because today's booking systems only do half the job. They keep track of the reservations, but leave the puzzle to whoever is handling the reservations. And often it is the restaurant that has to adapt to the system. Ninetop is built the other way round, around how restaurants are actually run.

Eivind has worked with bookings for years and knew what was missing. Per knew how to build it.

Eivind Vallesverd

Eivind Vallesverd

Restaurant

With more than 15 years in everything from independent restaurants to groups, Eivind has among other things been general manager at The Golden Chimp (2017) in Tøyengata, opened Dumpling AS (2024) and been central to the bookings at Rodeo (2026).

With a great love for the industry, Eivind wants restaurants to get more out of what they already have. He knows what one good evening means for a small place, and what a bad one costs. Ninetop has to make a measurable difference for every restaurant, otherwise it has not done its job.

Email

eivind@ninetop.no
Per Carlsen

Per Carlsen

Tech

Per has a master's degree in informatics from UiO and has worked in tech since 2019, at Telenor, Oda and Ignite. There he has held technical leadership roles in projects of high value and strategic importance, with a focus on robust and scalable technical solutions.

He has always liked building things properly, from skate ramps and RC boats to apps of his own. At Ninetop he is in charge of the technology, with an emphasis on performance, stability and ease of use. The system should respond quickly and be easy to understand, even for someone using it for the first time.

Email

per@ninetop.no

What it is like to be our customer

We are a small company that likes direct contact with restaurants. Changes happen quickly, and every restaurant means a lot to us.

  1. Who you talk to

    You have direct contact with us, and we want to get to know your restaurant and your setup. We are easy to get hold of, and happy to drop by when needed.

  2. How fast you get help

    You can always call us directly. We answer the same day, both before and during service, weekends included.

  3. How we keep developing

    Input and wishes from the restaurants go straight to the people building the product. We develop quickly, and a better system is as much in our interest as in yours.

The staff at Rodeo

First customer

Running at Rodeo since September 2026

Read how Rodeo gets more guests, better service and less manual work with Ninetop.

Read the customer story

Talk to us

Wondering whether Ninetop is right for you? Grab a coffee with us, and we will figure it out together.

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post@ninetop.no

Getting started

A better price than today

We are new to the market, and for our first customers we guarantee a better monthly price than what you pay today.

Everything comes with you

Guests, history and upcoming reservations come along.

We set it up for you

We set it up together, the way you want to run.

We build within your brand

The booking page is tailored to your design and brand. Example from Rodeo

You're never locked in

No minimum term or other commitments.

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